Variations in guideline-concordant breast cancer adjuvant therapy in rural Georgia

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1088-1108

  Guy, Gery P ^a   Lipscomb, Joseph ^b   Gillespie, Theresa W ^c   Goodman, Michael ^b   Richardson, Lisa C ^d   Ward, Kevin C ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cancer care; Quality assessment; quality of care; rural health

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; AGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; GEORGIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GEORGIA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937970826     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12269     Document Type: Article

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